Car-replacer.



J. BROWN.

GAR REPLAOBR.

APPLIOA'I'IOH PILEDMAY 2,1911.

1,035,312. Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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Inventor,

Attorneys,

COLUMBIA FLANOGIAPH $0 WASHINGTON. 9- C- UNITED STATES ri i rnn'r OFFICE.

JOHN BROWN, 0F TULARE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM M. DE WITT, OF TULARE, CALIFORNIA.

CAR-REPLACER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tulare, in the county of Tulare and State of California, have invented a new and useful Car- Replacer, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a car replacer, comprising a body member, adapted to be connected with a railroad rail, the body member being so constructed that it will elevate the wheel of a displaced ear to restore the same to the track.

A further object of the invention is to provide a car replacer fashioned in a novel and improved manner, from simple structural materials, and Without material exense.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings,Figure 1 shows the invention in perspective, assembled with a rail; Fig. 2 is a top plan showing both elements of the invention, applied to the rails; and Fig. 3 is a fragmental top plan view of one of the body members, a portion of the base plate being broken away in order to show the cooperation between the outer wall of the hook and the upright flange.

In carrying out the invention, there are provided a pair of body members, denoted generally by the numerals 1 and 2. These bodymembers are of substantially identical construction, and the body member 1 will be described first, the points of difference between the members 1 and 2 being discussed subsequently. The body member 1, then, embraces a flat base plate 8, provided adjacent one end with a laterally outstanding hook 4, formed integrally with the base plate 3, and adapted to engage the ball 5 of a railroad rail. Superposed upon the base plate 3, is an angle member, denoted generally by the numeral 6. The angle member 6 has one of its flanges 7 resting upon the base plate 3, while the other flange Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 2, 1911.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 624,529.

8 of the angle member upstands from the base plate. The angle member 7 may be secured upon the base plate 3, by means of rivets 9, or other securing elements adapted to a like end.

As clearly shown, the angle member 6 protrudes beyond that end of the base plate 3 which is provided with the hook 4, the protruding end of the angle member 7 being denoted by the numeral 10. Referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the outer wall 11 of the hook 4 is disposed at an acute angle to the flange 8 of the angle member 7. This wall 11 is adapted to lie along the inner edge of the ball 5, and the protruding end 10 of the angle member is of suflicient length that, when the wall 11 rests flat against the inner edge of the ball 5, the end 10 will extend across the ball 5 of the rail, so as to deposit the flange of the car wheel well within the ball 5. The extremity of the flange 8 is rounded off, as shown at 12, so as to ease the wheel down upon the rail.

The body member 2 differs but little-from the body member 1. In the case of the body member 2, the base plate is denoted by the numeral 14, the upright flange of the angle member by the numeral 15, and the flange which lies upon the base plate 14, by the numeral 16. The hook is denoted by the numeral 17, and is of the same construction as the hook 4. However, it is to be noted that the angle member, in case of the element 2, protrudes but little way beyond the hook 17, the construction being such that when the outer wall 11 of the hook 17 rests against the outer edge of the ball of the rail, the end of the upright flange 15 of the angle member will lie within the rail, the flange of the wheel being thus deposited within the rail to which the member 2 is applied. The construction of the device, is therefore such that when the wheels of a displaced truck traverse the flanges 8 and 15, the flange of one wheel of the said truck may be conducted by the flange 8, across the ball of one rail, while the flange of the other wheel of the truck will be deposited by the portion 15 of the member 2, within the corresponding rail. In other words, the body member 1 is adapted to conduct the flange of one wheel across the corresponding rail, while the body member 2 deposits the flange of the other wheel Within the rail, Without carrying the said flange of the Wheel across such rail.

1n the drawings, it may be presupposed that the reader is facing in the direction of the arrow X in Fig. 2. Under such circumstances, the device, When fashioned in the form shown, is adapted to replace a truck which is ditched to the left of the track. The device, therefore, is shown in the form of a pair of lefts. hen the truck is displaced to the right of the track, a pair of rights Will be necessary. The obvious changes involved in thus fashioning a pair of rights, will be readily understood, and since the principles involved, are in no Wise altered, the specific showing of a pair of rights, is considered unnecessary.

It Will be seen that the car replacer herein disclosed, may be fashioned at trifling expense, and of ordinary materials, and that the replacer will be simple and efficient in operation.

Owing to the fact that the angle member extends the full length of the plate 1, the plate 1 is reinforced by the angle member. The flange 7 serves to reinforce the angle member 1 against horizontal bending, and the flange 8, in addition to its function as a car Wheel guide, also serves to reinforce the plate 1 against vertical bending. Because the flange 7 extends in an opposite direc tion from the hook 4, the periphery 'of the flange of the car Wheel Will not strike any thing, as the Wheel rides along the upper edge of the flange 8 of the angle member. Therefore, the car Wheel cannot become displaced from the flange 8 accidentally. It is to be noted that, since one end of the angle member protrudes beyond the hookcarrying end of the base plate 1, there nill be a slight pivotal movement of the device, With the hook 4; as a fulcrum, When the Wheel of the car passes onto the protruding end of the angle member. By reason of this fact, and by reason of the fact that the extremity of the flange 8 is beveled, as shown at 12, the Wheel of the car Will be eased down upon the rail, Without appreciable jar or shock.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is A device of the class described comprising a flat base plate provided at one end With a lateral hook; an angle member extended the full length of the base plate, one flange of the angle member being extended in a direction opposite the hook, and being secured to the base plate to serve as a reinforcement for the base plate against horizontal bending, the other flange of the angle member upstanding from the base plate to serve as a uidin track for the Wheel of a car and to serve as a reinforcement for the base plate against vertical bending; the angle member being extended beyond the hookcarrying end of the base plate and that extremity of the upstanding flange Which terminates the extended end of the angle member being beveled to ease the car Wheel doWn upon the rail.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. JOHN BROWN.

l/Vitnesses:

EDWARD R. Romans, C. L. RUssELL.

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Washington, D. C. 

